1972 Battery cable color?
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Just an Olds Guy
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72 was the first year they put the side terminals on the Cutlass models IIRC. Mine has top post because the original owner likely got stuck in the boonies with a dead battery and no stores that had side post batteries. ![Confused](https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif)
It works fine with the aftermarket adapters so I'm not changing them. Besides, it's not a trailer queen.
Color coding the battery cables is standard practice I believe. Keeps people from shorting out their charging system when boosting or what not.
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It works fine with the aftermarket adapters so I'm not changing them. Besides, it's not a trailer queen.
Color coding the battery cables is standard practice I believe. Keeps people from shorting out their charging system when boosting or what not.
#5
I went to buy some a couple years ago and they were all blue! I think they wanted to consolidate and not have 2 colors of each length. Have you seen the cheap sheet metal clamps they use on the newer cars? They are top post batteries but the clamps are real cheap flimsy things. I wonder how they will work if there's corrosion.
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Greg,
Were the cables for an older vintage car or a newer one? Vintage cables are color coded. Most of the new cars have black cables for both the + and - leads. Only thing is they have a red plastic cover over the + lead to try and make it 'idiot proof'. The top post connectors you're describing are on my Sonata (2007) and they still look like they just came out of the factory.
Just as an aside, I seriously doubt ANY connector is going to go unscathed if there's serious corrosion that develops. Best way to prevent that is keep the terminals clean and use something as simple as Vaseline on the connectors to prevent oxidation. Yes, Vaseline is apparently very multi-purpose
Were the cables for an older vintage car or a newer one? Vintage cables are color coded. Most of the new cars have black cables for both the + and - leads. Only thing is they have a red plastic cover over the + lead to try and make it 'idiot proof'. The top post connectors you're describing are on my Sonata (2007) and they still look like they just came out of the factory.
Just as an aside, I seriously doubt ANY connector is going to go unscathed if there's serious corrosion that develops. Best way to prevent that is keep the terminals clean and use something as simple as Vaseline on the connectors to prevent oxidation. Yes, Vaseline is apparently very multi-purpose
![Wink](https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
#7
Greg,
Were the cables for an older vintage car or a newer one? Vintage cables are color coded. Most of the new cars have black cables for both the + and - leads. Only thing is they have a red plastic cover over the + lead to try and make it 'idiot proof'. The top post connectors you're describing are on my Sonata (2007) and they still look like they just came out of the factory.
Just as an aside, I seriously doubt ANY connector is going to go unscathed if there's serious corrosion that develops. Best way to prevent that is keep the terminals clean and use something as simple as Vaseline on the connectors to prevent oxidation. Yes, Vaseline is apparently very multi-purpose![Wink](https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
Were the cables for an older vintage car or a newer one? Vintage cables are color coded. Most of the new cars have black cables for both the + and - leads. Only thing is they have a red plastic cover over the + lead to try and make it 'idiot proof'. The top post connectors you're describing are on my Sonata (2007) and they still look like they just came out of the factory.
Just as an aside, I seriously doubt ANY connector is going to go unscathed if there's serious corrosion that develops. Best way to prevent that is keep the terminals clean and use something as simple as Vaseline on the connectors to prevent oxidation. Yes, Vaseline is apparently very multi-purpose
![Wink](https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
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